Samphe Brulé of The Breach discusses different organizations that are fighting to make public transit more accessible to everyone across Canada. TTCriders advocacy is featured when it comes to Toronto.
This is an opinion piece, written by Elahveyini Veemaharaj Aswaththaman, the community organizer at TTCriders. She discusses the prices of TTC and shares why she thinks free transit is critical for Toronto students.
A new report by transit user group TTCriders is calling for lower fares to win back transit riders and make the TTC safe and accessible now. TTC ridership is at approximately 30% of pre-pandemic levels. World class cities like Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. are introducing lower fares and more frequent, reliable service to win back riders and address inequalities.